diff --git a/apps/dotcom/src/__snapshots__/routes.test.tsx.snap b/apps/dotcom/src/__snapshots__/routes.test.tsx.snap
index 48a05ab57..4d6d55f9b 100644
--- a/apps/dotcom/src/__snapshots__/routes.test.tsx.snap
+++ b/apps/dotcom/src/__snapshots__/routes.test.tsx.snap
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ exports[`the_routes 1`] = `
     "reactRouterPattern": "/",
     "vercelRouterPattern": "^//?$",
   },
+  {
+    "reactRouterPattern": "/new",
+    "vercelRouterPattern": "^/new/?$",
+  },
   {
     "reactRouterPattern": "/r",
     "vercelRouterPattern": "^/r/?$",
diff --git a/apps/dotcom/src/routes.test.tsx b/apps/dotcom/src/routes.test.tsx
index b3bc91671..a68dafb3a 100644
--- a/apps/dotcom/src/routes.test.tsx
+++ b/apps/dotcom/src/routes.test.tsx
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ test('all React routes match', () => {
 test("non-react routes don't match", () => {
 	// lil smoke test for basic patterns
 	expect('/').toMatchAny(allvercelRouterPatterns)
+	expect('/new').toMatchAny(allvercelRouterPatterns)
 	expect('/r/whatever').toMatchAny(allvercelRouterPatterns)
 	expect('/r/whatever/').toMatchAny(allvercelRouterPatterns)
 
diff --git a/apps/dotcom/src/routes.tsx b/apps/dotcom/src/routes.tsx
index fa4022c42..dc2ad3093 100644
--- a/apps/dotcom/src/routes.tsx
+++ b/apps/dotcom/src/routes.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import { captureException } from '@sentry/react'
-import { nanoid } from 'nanoid'
 import { useEffect } from 'react'
-import { createRoutesFromElements, Outlet, redirect, Route, useRouteError } from 'react-router-dom'
+import { createRoutesFromElements, Navigate, Outlet, Route, useRouteError } from 'react-router-dom'
 import { DefaultErrorFallback } from './components/DefaultErrorFallback/DefaultErrorFallback'
 import { ErrorPage } from './components/ErrorPage/ErrorPage'
 
@@ -30,13 +29,8 @@ export const router = createRoutesFromElements(
 	>
 		<Route errorElement={<DefaultErrorFallback />}>
 			<Route path="/" lazy={() => import('./pages/root')} />
-			<Route
-				path="/r"
-				loader={() => {
-					const id = 'v2' + nanoid()
-					return redirect(`/r/${id}`)
-				}}
-			/>
+			<Route path="/r" element={<Navigate to="/" />} />
+			<Route path="/new" element={<Navigate to="/" />} />
 			<Route path="/r/:roomId" lazy={() => import('./pages/public-multiplayer')} />
 			<Route path="/r/:boardId/history" lazy={() => import('./pages/history')} />
 			<Route